"ey" meaning in Middle English

See ey in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} ey, {{enm-adv}} ey
  1. Alternative form of ay (“always”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ay (extra: always)
    Sense id: en-ey-enm-adv-SNrdeD6j Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 36 14 36 0 3 5 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Food and drink
Etymology number: 4 Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Interjection

Etymology: From Latin ei and Old French ahi, äi. Etymology templates: {{der|enm|la|ei}} Latin ei, {{der|enm|fro|ahi}} Old French ahi, {{m|fro|äi}} äi Head templates: {{head|enm|interjection}} ey
  1. An exclamation of surprise, challenge, or inquiry. Synonyms: eygh, eyghe
    Sense id: en-ey-enm-intj-HmdvB5eK Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 36 14 36 0 3 5 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Food and drink Synonyms: ei, i, ye
Etymology number: 3 Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /æi̯/ Forms: eyre [plural], eyren [plural]
Etymology: table Inherited from Old English æġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”). Doublet of egge. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|egg}} table, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|æġ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English æġ, {{inh+|enm|ang|æġ}} Inherited from Old English æġ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*aij}} Proto-West Germanic *aij, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*ajją}} Proto-Germanic *ajją, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*h₂ōwyóm||egg}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), {{doublet|enm|egge}} Doublet of egge Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} ey, {{enm-noun|eyre|pl2=eyren}} ey (plural eyre or eyren)
  1. egg (especially of a chicken or other fowl) Categories (lifeform): Eggs, Poultry Synonyms: eg, ay, aye, eye, eyȝ, æȝ [Early-Middle-English]
    Sense id: en-ey-enm-noun-h75Ty67k Disambiguation of Eggs: 21 14 40 0 5 9 11 Disambiguation of Poultry: 27 17 34 0 7 8 7 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 36 14 36 0 3 5 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Food and drink Synonyms: ei
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ɛi̯/, /iː/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English īeġ, īg, from Proto-West Germanic *auwju, from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“floodplain; island”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|īeġ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English īeġ, {{inh+|enm|ang|īeġ}} Inherited from Old English īeġ, {{m|ang|īg}} īg, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*auwju}} Proto-West Germanic *auwju, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*awjō||floodplain; island}} Proto-Germanic *awjō (“floodplain; island”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} ey
  1. island Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: ie, y
    Sense id: en-ey-enm-noun-KM0sXBXR Disambiguation of Landforms: 19 13 19 33 3 5 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Food and drink Synonyms: ei, i, ye
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: eyen [plural]
Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} ey, {{enm-noun|eyen}} ey (plural eyen)
  1. Alternative form of eye (“eye”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: eye (extra: eye)
    Sense id: en-ey-enm-noun-1Ul~UQJb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Food and drink
Etymology number: 5 Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} ey, {{enm-noun|-}} ey (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of eye (“fear; awe”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: eye (extra: fear; awe)
    Sense id: en-ey-enm-noun-Y-hYK2sl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Food and drink
Etymology number: 6 Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} ey
  1. to awe
    Sense id: en-ey-enm-verb-FVWCIn4I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Food and drink
Etymology number: 6 Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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}
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    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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        "sort": "",
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        "ts": ""
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      "form": "eyre",
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "word": "eye"
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    {
      "word": "eyȝ"
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      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
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}

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        "g3": "",
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        "lit": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "island"
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      "ipa": "/iː/"
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      "word": "i"
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      "word": "ie"
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      "word": "y"
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        "3": "ahi"
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "intj",
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        "An exclamation of surprise, challenge, or inquiry."
      ]
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      "word": "i"
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      "word": "eygh"
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    {
      "word": "eyghe"
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      "word": "ye"
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      "name": "head"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "extra": "always",
          "word": "ay"
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        "Alternative form of ay (“always”)"
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}

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        "plural"
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    }
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          "extra": "eye",
          "word": "eye"
        }
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        "Alternative form of eye (“eye”)"
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          "eye",
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
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}

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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "extra": "fear; awe",
          "word": "eye"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Middle English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of Middle English quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Middle English usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "To have no ey for nought.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "c. 1470, O lord omnipotent",
          "text": "Exhorting thy people to have a special ey, That thee to praise they never cease.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of eye (“fear; awe”)"
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          "eye",
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        "uncountable"
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}

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    "enm:Food and drink",
    "enm:Landforms",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to awe"
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          "awe"
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